The ice cream sandwich we all should have grown up with. It’s-It is a legendary ice cream sandwich from San Francisco, created in 1928. Nick’s Cove has rediscovered this icon…
Desserts
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The Scottish town of Dunkeld is perfectly charming, and has a fantastic little bakery just across from the River Tay. Aran Bakery’s new cookbook is filled with recipes for pastries,…
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If you’re looking for a new dessert to make for this holiday season, this Italian apple cake recipe from Emiko Davies is fabulous. As you probably know, we love Piemonte,…
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Our visit to the Bianconi family ‘s fabulous Palazzo Seneca hotel and Michelin starred Vespasia Restaurant in Umbria is a memory we will always cherish! We were there in 2017…
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During our stay in Paris last year, we stayed at the fabulous Le Bristol Paris. We were greeted with artisan in-house chocolates and stuffed Madeleines. Three-Michelin-Star Chef Eric Frechon…
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We’ve been watching one of our favorite Italian chefs, Massimo Bottura and his family, who started an Instagram Live series called Kitchen Quarantine cooking from their home. It’s entertaining and educational. Bottura made…
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Of all the Austrian dessert classics, this imperial one reigns supreme over Alpine menus. Though Kaiserschmarrn originated in Vienna, it’s not exactly something you’d bring to a kaffeeklatschor that you’d…
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I was reading “The Fruit Yotam Ottolenghi Longs to Cook With,” in The New York Times. Yotam shares lots of ways to use fresh figs – sliced in salads,…
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We were making dinner last night and wanted a quick and easy dessert to use our beautiful Italian Morettini Pears, created in Florence, Italy, in 1956, that we picked up from KJ Orchards. This is the same fruit that they use at The French Laundry and many San Francisco restaurants…
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Real pop tarts are such a treat. We used to get them on the weekends at The Girl and the Goat Bakery when we lived in Chicago, so we were…
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If you’re looking for a new dessert to make for the holidays this year, we suggest this jasmine Creme Brûlée from San Francisco’s Foreign Cinema Cookbook. It sounds like…
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Northern Italy’s Piedmont region is known for truffles, wine, and hazelnuts. You’ll see hazelnuts and hazelnut products everywhere. On a recent visit, we spent a night in a small…